kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus)

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Egg of Rhinochetus jubatus [sic] = Rhynochetos jubatus J.Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860, egg
English: Kagu egg
Date 1868 (published 1869)
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1868, plate XII) http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen68zool#page/n158/mode/1up
Author John Jennens
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhynochetos_jubatus_egg_Jennens.jpg

The kagu or cagou (Rhynochetos jubatus) is a crested, long-legged, and bluish-grey bird endemic to the dense mountain forests of New Caledonia. Rhynochetos jubatus is the only surviving member of the genus Rhynochetos and the family Rhynochetidae.

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